Michal Houghton

1725 - 1816  (91 years)

• Name	Michal Houghton
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	22 Jun 1725	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1]
  Christening	25 Jul 1725	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Married	8 Apr 1748 (22 years)	Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [1, 2]
  Ephraim Roper, the son of Ephraim and Sybilla (Moore) Roper. He was born on 21 October 1716 in Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He lived at Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, in 1721 with his parents. He and Richard Moore were guardian on 11 August 1732 in Oxford, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He enlisted for the expedition against the Spanish in the West Indies on 26 May 1740. In this record he is listed as being born in Sudbury, 23 years of age and a husbandman. He lived about 1748 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts and built a fortress-like home of logs lined with brick on Rowley Hill to serve as a home and a garrison house. Ephraim and Michal filed marriage intentions on 6 March 1748. They were married by Justice Houghton in a double wedding, joined by her sister, Keziah and Ebenezer Buss. He lived about 1780 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts and built a new house which stands today. He died on Thursday 5 December 1793 in Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts. He was buried after 5 December 1793 in Old Sterling Cemetery, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, His gravestone reads: An honest man, the noblest work of God. Erected to the memory of Mr. Ephraim Roper who departed this life Dec. 5, 1793, in the 78th year of his age. Issue: 1. Benjamin Roper (1750-1826) 2. Manassah Roper (1752-1831) 3. Silas Roper (1754-1827) 4. Asa Roper (1756-1834) 5. Nathaniel Roper (1758-____) 6. Enoch Roper (1758-1820) 7. Ephraim Roper (c1760-____) 8. John Roper (c1761-1833) 9. Sylvester Roper (1762-1849) 10. Joseph Roper (1764-1837) 11. Lucy Roper (1767-1837)
  Death	31 Dec 1816	Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   [2]
  Burial	She was probably buried next to her husband, but there is no stone to mark her resting place.
  Siblings	3 brothers and 6 sisters
  + 1. Zerviah Houghton,   b. 26 May 1721, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. Nov 1804, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 83 years) ▻ Jonathan Wilder,  m. 23 Feb 1738/39   2. Mindwell Houghton,   b. 07 Mar 1722/23, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   3. Michal Houghton,   b. 22 Jun 1725, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 31 Dec 1816, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 91 years)   4. Dinah Houghton,   b. 8 Apr 1727, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 1793, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 65 years)   5. Keziah Houghton,   b. 29 Mar 1729, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 20 Oct 1822, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 93 years)   6. Benjamin Houghton,   b. 17 Nov 1732, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 25 Apr 1759, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  (Age 26 years)   7. Abigail Houghton,   b. 27 Jul 1735, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   8. Joel Houghton,   b. 27 Sep 1737, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   9. Eunice Houghton,   b. 15 Oct 1739, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.   10. Silas Houghton,   b. 7 Oct 1742, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: father Houghton Maternal Line: Amy Wells   d. After 1670
  Person ID, Branch	I15479
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Benjamin "Landlord Ben" Houghton,   b. 1691, Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. d. 28 Feb 1764, Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Zerviah Moore,   b. 1700
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F391	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 22 Jun 1725 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Christening - 25 Jul 1725 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Married - 8 Apr 1748 - Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Death - 31 Dec 1816 - Sterling, Worcester County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1105] Burr, Annie Lane and Thomas Hovey Gage. "John Houghton of Lancaster, Mass., and Some of His Descendants", (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Registe, volume LXXIX, 1925). [S479] Roper, Kenneth L. The Ropers A Biographical Record from Circa 1300 to 1982, (Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1982).